Application:
Review the sample paragraph (My Worst Vacation) and the paragraph the class
wrote together, asking students to identify the key elements of a paragraph (topic
sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence, etc.).
Explain the following prompt for the paragraph writing assignment:
Write a paragraph about a memory from your past.
Include:
A title and good format (indent, double space)
A topic sentence that tells the reader your main idea and grabs
the attention of the reader (a hook)
Details that tell what happened in time order (4 or more sentences)
A concluding sentence that tells:
– what you learned (the lesson)
– OR what advice you have for other people in the same
situation
– OR how you feel about the situation now
– OR how the event changed you or your life
– OR what you will do in the future if something similar
happens again